Eviction leads to rock assault

9:24 AM,
Aug. 1, 2012

Tony A. Maples, Jr.

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A Burlington man is accused of hospitalizing a man after assaulting him with a bag of rocks.

According to a Johnson County Sheriff's Office criminal complaint, Tony A. Maples, Jr., 46, was kicked out of the apartment he was living in at 208 Main St. in Hills. Police said on July 22, Maples returned to the apartment armed with a Crown Royal whiskey bag filled with rocks.

Police said Maples pounded on the door of the apartment building until someone let him in, then hid in the laundry room. When Maples' ...